21 (B) The eliminated problems (C) Eliminating problems (D) Problems are eliminated 16. Sea turtles date back 100 million year and are the only ancient sea reptiles to survive the present Day. 17. At a first, the scientific method may appear to be a narrow and restrictive way of gaining understanding. 18. Since prehistoric times, artists have portrayed subjects that representative their culture. 20. Mammals lose body heat to them environment in cold weather more quickly than in hot weather. 21. Mahogany is often considered the finest cabinet wood because they has most of the qualities desired for furniture making. 22. The situation comedy has proved to a remarkably durable commercial television format. 23. Calcium, the most abundantly mineral in the body works with phosphorus in maintaining bones and teeth. 24. Soil science begun with the formulation of the theory of humus in1808. 25. Scholars tend to cite 1831 as the started of the United States abolitionist movement. 26. Mary McDowell shared Jane Addam‘s interest in social work also was a loyal supprter of the League of Nations. 27. In adolescence, a young person may experience some stress emotional due to conflicting and confusing social demands. 28. Situated in the heart of a grain-farming and livestock-raising region, Abilene, Kansas, is a prosperous trading and distribute center. 22 29. A hologram is a pattern usually made on film in that can create a three-dimensional image of a scene. 30. The general sales tax has been a major source of income for state governments, much of which derive more than half of their budgets from it. 31. Principal known for his dictionary, Noah Webster was also the first epidimiologist in the United States. 32. Liquid lubricants contrast widely in weighing, thickness, and boiling point. 33. Interest with major social events led to a period of growth in journalism after 1945. 34. Saint Elmo‘s fire is a luminous blue discharge of electricity sometimes seen when a thunderstorm. 35. Almanacs in simple form have been known from the invention of writing. 36. If laid out in straight line, the human digestive tract would measure approximately thirty foot in length. 37. The relationship of Latin American music to Black music in the United States is clearly evident in the unaccented beats that are common to either. 38. Today it is generally recognized as the primary function of the Federal Reserve System is to foster the flow of credit and money that will eventually facilitate a balance in international payments. 39. Pure flint is too hard and even-grained that it chips in smooth curved flakes. 40. The typical Georgian-style house is rectangular in shape, at less two stories high, and designed around a central stairway. 1990 年 01 月语法题 1. ---ratchet is a wheel or bar that can move in only one direction. (A) A 23 (B) It is a (C) Although a (D) There is a 2. Thomas Jefferson‘s achievements as an architect rival his contributions ---a politician. (A) such (B) more (C) as (D) than 3. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on ---best in its climate and soil. (A) it grows (B) what grows (C) does it grow (D) what does it grow 4. Possibly the greatest advance in ---materials came with the invention of a cheap way to make steel. (A) bridge-building (B) building of bridges (C) building a bridge (D) bridges are built 5. ---, snakes frequently subdue their prey without injecting poison. (A) Contrary to general belief (B) General belief contrary to (C) Belief contrary to general (D) Contrary belief general to 6. Two years after she was chosen president of the Texas State Senate, ---successfully for a seat in the United States Congress. (A) Barbara Jordan‘s campaign being (B) Barbara Jordan campaigned (C) Campaigning for Barbara Jordan (D) Barbara Jordan campaigning 7. The values of a people, their customs, and their perceptions of the world ---their language. (A) are influenced (B) be influenced (C) influencing (D) influence 8. Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event‘s ---is equal to the probability that it will not occur. (A) occurs (B) will occur (C) can occur (D) occurring 9. ---fashioned from a wick floating in a bowl of oil functioned according to the principle of capillary action. (A) All lamps early (B) Lamps all early (C) All early lamps (D) Early all lamps 10. Annie Jump Cannon, ---discovered so many stars that she was called ―the census taker of the sky.‖ (A) a leading astronomer who (B) who, as a leading astronomer, 24 (C) was a leading astronomer (D) a leading astronomer, 11. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, ---to the body. (A) the stress it is greater (B) greater is the stress (C) greater stress is (D) the greater the stress 12. And ideal is a standard ---people judge real phenomena. (A) how (B) of (C) by which (D) for it 13. Maine has ---weather than most of the other states in the continental United States. (A) coolest (B) the coolest (C) cooler (D) the cooler 14. Amoebas are ---small to be seen without a microscope. (A) far too (B) far and (C) so far (D) as far as 15. Graphite conducts electricity ---does not burn. (A) because (B) if (C) when (D) and 16. The methods of spectrum analysis vary according to the wavelength region were studied. 17. Hurricanes are severe cyclones with winds over seventy-five miles an hour who originate over tropical ocean waters. 18. A great proportion of the seeds of desert flora they possess germination-inhibiting substances. 19. Window treatment, furniture arrangement and color combine all contribute to the overall impression of a room. 20. Harvesting of grains is affected by annual changes in temperature or in the amount of moisture, but both. 21. Due to its excellent tensile strength, acetate rayon is an important material for products so as balloons, parachutes, fire hoses, and webbing. 25 22. It has not been determined how years sea turtles can live in their natural environment, but they will reach a very old age if left undisturbed by humans. 23. A footnote is characteristically employed to give information that is too long or too detailed be included in the body of a text. 24. Watercolors dry more faster than other paints. 25. In mathematical terms, modern algebra is set of objects with rules for connecting or relating those objects. 26. Alike most fruit trees, the quince is normally propagated from shoots or cuttings. 27. A patent gives inventors exclusive rights to their inventions for a fix period of time. 28. In 1981 the fossil jaw of a previously unknown small mammal was found onto a Navaho reservation in Arizona. 29. The wild carrot, knew as Queen Anne‘s lace, gave rise to the cultivated carrot in its domesticated form. 30. A statue, a monumental, a building, or a park may be dedicated to commemorate a distinguished individual. 31. The Earth‘s magnetic poles are not stationary, but slowly shift its position. 32. A emotion is not necessarily aroused by something in the outside world. 33. The elbows are joints that connected people‘s up arms with their forearms. 34. Ants have an elaborate structure social, and enjoy a longevity far greater than that of most insects. 35. Municipal planners deal chiefly for the physical layout of communities. 26 36. A musician with multiply talents, Aretha Franklin is able to write songs that are unusually consistent in style and content. 37. Whether a healthy adult tends to feel hungry two, three, or four times a daily is a question of physiology and of culture. 38. One of the most distinction dialects of North American English, Gullah is spoken by many people in the South Carolina area. 39. The novels of John Cheever belongs to a literary tradition that is concerned primarily with manners. 40. Pennsylvania has the most institutions of higher learning than any other state has. 27 1990 年 05 月语法题 1. When ---in arctic regions, the Aleuts construct igloos as temporary winter shelters. (A) travel (B) to travel (C) traveling them (D) traveling 2. Most substances contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance‘s solid is ---of its liquid. (A) than the higher density (B) higher than the density (C) the density is higher than that (D) the higher the density 3. The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is ---clearly understood. (A) none (B) no (C) not (D) nor 4. Desert animals ---a means of retaining moisture in such a hot, dry climate if they are to survive. (A) need (B) needing (C) to need (D) was needed 5. ---state of Wyoming is also known as the ―Equality State‖ because Wyoming women were the first in the nation to vote. (A) The (B) There is a (C) That the (D) As the 6. Fructose is a monosaccharide sugar that is much sweeter ---. (A) than cane sugar does (B) does cane sugar (C) cane sugar (D) than cane sugar 7. Ground plans and contour maps of the Earth ---from aerial photographs. (A) can be drawn (B) can draw (C) to draw (D) drawn 8. By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and sculptors in the United States had begun to exert ---over art. (A) influence worldwide a great (B) a great worldwide influence (C) influence a great worldwide (D) a worldwide influence 9. ---millions of galaxies exist in the vast space outside the Milky Way. (A) It is estimated that (B) An estimate that (C) That is estimated (D) That the estimated 28 10. The extent of the harmful effect of locoweeds on animals depends on the soil ---the plants grow. (A) which (B) which in (C) in which (D) in 11. The operetta first ---as a popular form of musical theater in the nineteenth century. (A) to emerge (B) emerging (C) has emerged (D) emerged 12. ---complex organic catalysts originating in living cells. (A) Enzymes (B) Enzymes are (C) Enzymes which are (D) Enzymes while they 13. In the eastern part of New Jersey ---, a major shipping and manufacturing center. (A) lies the city of Elizabeth (B) the city of Elizabeth lies there (C) around the city of Elizabeth lies (D) there lies the city of Elizabeth around 14. Work in parapsychology, ---, has attracted a relatively small number of scientists. (A) is a very controversial field (B) which a very controversial field is (C) a very controversial field (D) a field very controversial which 15. ---, the constitution of the Cherokee Nation provided for a chief executive, a senate, and a house of representatives. (A) In 1827 they drafted (B) The draft in 1827 (C) In 1827 was drafted (D) Drafted in 1827 16. Sociological studies have found that deeply hold values and principles are highly resistant to change. 17. For centuries large communities of people have living on houseboats in parts of the world where the climate is warm and the waters are calm. 18. Benjamin Franklin made the first bifocal spectacles for self by sawing the lenses of his eyeglasses in half. 19. Not only do artificial reefs provide fish with food and shelter, they also serve as importantly underwater landmarks. 29 20. The United States Department of Agriculture supervises the quality, clean, and purity of meat. 21. All birds, alike most reptiles and a few primitive mammals, develop from embryos in eggs outside the mother‘s body. 22. The expansion of adult training programs has resulted partially from the feminist movement, which encouraging women to improve their skills for the job market. 23. The most significant cosmological characteristic of the galaxies are the red shift in their optical spectra. 24. James Whistler was indifferent to the titles of his painted and even changed the names of some works years after their completion. 25. Duke Ellington‘s orchestra, playing his original compositions and arrangements, achieving a fine unity of style and made numerous innovations in modern jazz. 26. Moles are almost completely blind, although its tiny eyes can distinguish light from dark. 27. Noise is a psychological term referring toward unpleasant, unwanted, or intolerable sound. 28. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman medical doctor in the United States, founded the New York Infirmary, an institution that have always had a completely female medical staff. 29. Criminal contempt, committed in the presence of the court, may consist of disorderly behavior, disrespectful, or disobedience of a judge‘s orders. 30. The Cubist movement in art was a reaction against traditional methods of portray reality. 31. During the 1600‘s skilled shoemakers scarce were in what is now the United States. 32. If a atom loses any of its electrons, it becomes positively charged and can combine chemically with other atoms. 30 33. The National Education Association conduct extensive research on a great many aspects of education. 34. The pain-killing agent most commonly administered in dentistry is the local anesthetic, who produces loss of feeling only in a specific area. 35. Certain types of computers work properly only in environments with controlled precisely temperatures. 36. The gorilla, while not as curious than the chimpanzee, shows more persistence and memory retention in solving a problem. 37. The belief in fairies have existed from earliest times, and the literature of many countries includes tales of fairies and their relationship to humans. 38. Acrylic paint enables artists to experiment with many colors effects. 39. Salt Lake City, Utah‘s capital and largest city, is industrial and banking center. 40. A rat‘s sharp teeth can gnaw through wood, plaster, or soft metallic such as lead. . United States. 32 . If a atom loses any of its electrons, it becomes positively charged and can combine chemically with other atoms. 30 33 . The National. stationary, but slowly shift its position. 32 . A emotion is not necessarily aroused by something in the outside world. 33 . The elbows are joints that connected